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Broadway Across Canada’s Hadestown masterfully delivers its cyclical love story
November 28, 2023You might know the Greek myth of Orpheus: the talented musician who journeys to rescue his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld. Hades promises Orpheus he can have Eurydice only if he walks out of the underworld without looking back. Famously, his doubt overtakes him, and he looks back at the last moment, losing Eurydice forever. This myth seems like a simple story of naïvete — and yet, it still captures the imagination. In Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, audiences reckon with the love story of Orpheus and Eurydice in the cozy setting of a New Orleans speakeasy. Mitchell tackles themes of industrialism…
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$33,000 for lentils, rice, and resilience for Palestine
November 28, 2023Content warning: mentions of genocide. Cuisine changes, evolves, and is constantly reinvented. The same goes for people, cultures, politics, and perhaps even history. Often, we can gain something positive from change, but not always. While Sobhi Al-Zobaidi’s dishes at his…
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The Lebanese Burger Mafia is a breakthrough in Arab Canadian cinema
November 22, 2023Living in Calgary for most of my life, I would often go on road trips to Edmonton with my family for long weekends to get a change of scenery. Midway between both cities is Red Deer, a small rural town…
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Red Carpet Chats: VAFF showcases outstanding Asian talent for the 27th year
November 22, 2023The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) just wrapped up its 27th edition. VAFF aims to showcase and support films from Asian Canadians and Asian diasporic communities. This year, audiences were spoiled with options, as the event featured “131 films, 35…
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Local artisans to support this holiday season
November 20, 2023Amanda Ruth Beads Amanda is a member of Swan River First Nation in Alberta, and on top of running her business, is a social worker who works with Indigenous children in foster care. A variety of handcrafted items are available…
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Media to uplift Palestinian narratives
November 20, 2023Content warning: mentions of genocide, violence, and war. Editor’s note: this article was updated on November 24, 2023, to re-word instances of naming the Palestinian genocide a “conflict.” The word “conflict” assigns equal blame to both Israel and Palestine for…
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Director Tunku Mona Riza and VAFF bring a true rain town to Vancouver
November 16, 2023With a seemingly endless supply of rain, many people refer to our city as Raincouver — but there’s another place across the globe that has claimed the title of “Rain Town.” Taiping, Malaysia, is endearingly called Rain Town due to…
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Music Monday: Asian women in indie
November 9, 2023As someone who doesn’t stick to one genre when it comes to music, something I’ve noticed is in the indie scene, Asian women don’t typically get the spotlight, despite the fact that there are so many talented musicians innovating within…
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Mexican Gothic reimagines colonial horror stories
November 9, 2023Content warning: brief mention of eugenics and colonialism. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia will leave you unsettled, frightened, and absolutely horrified. Just thinking about it sends a chill down my spine. Halloween may be over, but this horrifying gothic mystery…
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Nutritious Nibbles: Chai cookies (Tian’s Version)
November 7, 2023In celebration of the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version), I decided to make Taylor Swift’s viral chai cookies, an old recipe she shared on Instagram and Tumblr that fans revived from the vault. I wanted to put my own spin…
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